Standards



**California Learning Standards:**

 * VISUAL/PERFORMING ARTS**

__3.0 HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT__
Understanding the Historical Contributions and Cultural Dimensions of Music Students analyze the role of music in past and present cultures throughout the world, noting cultural diversity as it relates to music, musicians, and composers. __Role of Music__ 3.1 Identify the sources of musical genres of the United States, trace the evolution of those genres, and cite well-known musicians associated with them. 3.2 Explain the various roles that musicians perform, identify representative individuals who have functioned in each role, and explain their activities and achievements. __Diversity of Music__ 3.3 Describe the differences between styles in traditional folk genres within the United States. 3.4 Perform music from various cultures and time periods. 3.5 Classify, by genre or style and historical period or culture, unfamiliar but representative aural examples of music and explain the reasoning for the classification.

__4.0 AESTHETIC VALUING__
Responding to, Analyzing, and Making Judgments About Works of Music Students critically assess and derive meaning from works of music and the performance of musicians according to the elements of music, aesthetic qualities, and human responses. __Analyze and Critically Assess__ 4.1 Develop specific criteria for making informed critical evaluations of the quality and effectiveness of performances, compositions, arrangements, and improvisations and apply those criteria in personal participation in music. 4.2 Evaluate a performance, composition, arrangement, or improvisation by comparing each with an exemplary model. __Derive Meaning__ 4.3 Explain how people in a particular culture use and respond to specific musical works from that culture. 4.4 Describe the means used to create images or evoke feelings and emotions in musical works from various cultures.

__5.0 CONNECTIONS, RELATIONSHIPS, APPLICATIONS__
Connecting and Applying What Is Learned in Music to Learning in Other Art Forms and Subject Areas and to Careers Students apply what they learn in music across subject areas. They develop competencies and creative skills in problem solving, communication, and management of time and resources that contribute to lifelong learning and career skills. They also learn about careers in and related to music. __Connections and Applications__ 5.1 Explain how elements, artistic processes, and organizational principles are used in similar and distinctive ways in the various arts. 5.2 Analyze the role and function of music in radio, television, and advertising. __Careers and Career-Related Skills__ 5.3 Research musical careers in radio, television, and advertising. **W** **RITING GRADE 9-10** Students write coherent and focused essays that convey a well-defined perspective and tightly reasoned argument. The writing demonstrates students’ awareness of the audience and purpose. Students progress through the stages of the writing process as needed. //Organization and Focus// 1.1  Establish a controlling impression or coherent thesis that conveys a clear and distinctive perspective on the subject and maintain a consistent tone and focus throughout the piece of writing. 1.2  Use precise language, action verbs, sensory details, appropriate modifiers, and the active rather than the passive voice. //Research and Technology// 1.3  Use clear research questions and suitable research methods (e.g., library, electronic media, personal interview) to elicit and present evidence from primary and secondary sources. 1.4  Develop the main ideas within the body of the composition through supporting evidence (e.g., scenarios, commonly held beliefs, hypotheses, definitions). 1.5  Synthesize information from multiple sources and identify complexities and discrepan- cies in the information and the different perspectives found in each medium (e.g., almanacs, microfiche, news sources, in-depth field studies, speeches, journals, technical documents). 1.6  Integrate quotations and citations into a written text while maintaining the flow of ideas. 1.7<span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Times;"> <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"> Use appropriate conventions for documentation in the text, notes, and bibliographies by adhering to those in style manuals (e.g., //Modern Language Association Handbook//, //The// //Chicago Manual of Style//). 1.8<span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Times;"> <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"> Design and publish documents by using advanced publishing software and graphic programs. //Evaluation and Revision// 1.9<span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Times;"> <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"> Revise writing to improve the logic and coherence of the organization and controlling perspective, the precision of word choice, and the tone by taking into consideration the audience, purpose, and formality of the context.
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**1.0<span style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times;"> <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"> Written and Oral English Language Conventions GRADE 9-10**
Students write and speak with a command of standard English conventions. //Grammar and Mechanics of Writing// 1.1<span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Times;"> <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"> Identify and correctly use clauses (e.g., main and subordinate), phrases (e.g., gerund, infinitive, and participial), and mechanics of punctuation (e.g., semicolons, colons, ellipses, hyphens). 1.2<span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Times;"> <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"> Understand sentence construction (e.g., parallel structure, subordination, proper place-<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"> ment of modifiers) and proper English usage (e.g., consistency of verb tenses). 1.3<span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Times;"> <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"> Demonstrate an understanding of proper English usage and control of grammar, para-<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"> graph and sentence structure, diction, and syntax. //Analysis and Evaluation of Oral and Media Communications// 1.10<span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Times;"> <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"> Analyze historically significant speeches (e.g., Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address,” Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream”) to find the rhetorical devices and features that make them memorable. 1.11<span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Times;"> <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"> Assess how language and delivery affect the mood and tone of the oral communication and make an impact on the audience. 1.12<span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Times;"> <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"> Evaluate the clarity, quality, effectiveness, and general coherence of a speaker’s important points, arguments, evidence, organization of ideas, delivery, diction, and syntax. 1.13<span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Times;"> <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"> Analyze the types of arguments used by the speaker, including argument by causation, analogy, authority, emotion, and logic. 1.14<span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Times;"> <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"> Identify the aesthetic effects of a media presentation and evaluate the techniques used to create them (e.g., compare Shakespeare’s //Henry V// with Kenneth Branagh’s 1990 film version).

Students apply their knowledge of word origins to determine the meaning of new words encountered in reading materials and use those words accurately. //Vocabulary and Concept Development// 1.1<span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Times;"> <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"> Trace the etymology of significant terms used in political science and history. 1.2<span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Times;"> <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"> Apply knowledge of Greek, Latin, and Anglo-Saxon roots and affixes to draw inferences concerning the meaning of scientific and mathematical terminology. 1.3<span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Times;"> <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"> Discern the meaning of analogies Students write coherent and focused texts that convey a well-defined perspective and tightly reasoned argument. The writing demonstrates students’ awareness of the audience and purpose and progression through the stages of the writing process. //Organization and Focus// 1.1<span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Times;"> <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"> Demonstrate an understanding of the elements of discourse (e.g., purpose, speaker, audience, form) when completing narrative, expository, persuasive, or descriptive writing assignments. 1.2<span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Times;"> <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"> Use point of view, characterization, style (e.g., use of irony), and related elements for specific rhetorical and aesthetic purposes. 1.3<span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Times;"> <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"> Structure ideas and arguments in a sustained, persuasive, and sophisticated way and support them with precise and relevant examples. 1.4<span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Times;"> <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"> Enhance meaning by employing rhetorical devices, including the extended use of paral-<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"> lelism, repetition, and analogy; the incorporation of visual aids (e.g., graphs, tables, pictures); and the issuance of a call for action. 1.5<span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Times;"> <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"> Use language in natural, fresh, and vivid ways to establish a specific tone. //Research and Technology// 1.6<span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Times;"> <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"> Develop presentations by using clear research questions and creative and critical research strategies (e.g., field studies, oral histories, interviews, experiments, electronic sources). 1.7<span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Times;"> <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"> Use systematic strategies to organize and record information (e.g., anecdotal scripting, annotated bibliographies). 1.8<span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Times;"> <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"> Integrate databases, graphics, and spreadsheets into word-processed documents. //Evaluation and Revision// 1.9<span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Times;"> <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"> Revise text to highlight the individual voice, improve sentence variety and style, and enhance subtlety of meaning and tone in ways that are consistent with the purpose, audience, and genre. <span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Palatino;">**W** **RITTEN AND**<span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Palatino;"> **O** **RAL**<span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Palatino;"> **E** **NGLISH**<span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Palatino;"> **L** **ANGUAGE**<span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Palatino;"> **C** **ONVENTIONS GRADE 11-12** The standards for written and oral English language conventions have been placed between those for writing and for listening and speaking because these conventions are essential to both sets of skills. Students write and speak with a command of standard English conventions. 1.1<span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Times;"> <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"> Demonstrate control of grammar, diction, and paragraph and sentence structure and an understanding of English usage. 1.2<span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Times;"> <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"> Produce legible work that shows accurate spelling and correct punctuation and capitali-<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"> zation. 1.3<span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Times;"> <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"> Reflect appropriate manuscript requirements in writing.
 * 1.0**<span style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times;"> <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"> **Word Analysis, Fluency, and Systematic Vocabulary Development GRADE 11-12**
 * 1.0**<span style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times;"> <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"> **Writing Strategies GRADE 11-12**
 * 1.0**<span style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times;"> <span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"> **Written and Oral English Language Conventions**